Twine-cutter.



D. C, CLARK.

TWINE CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17. 1916.

l ffififms. Patented Oct. 10,1916.

Witnesses Attorneys DUANE C. CLARK, 0F LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

TWINE-CUTTER.

Application filed April 17, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUANE C. CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lincoin, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Twine-Cutter, of which the following is aspecification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a fingerring provided with means for cutting twine, and the invention aims toimprove the cutting blade and to improve the means whereby the blade isassembled with the ring.

lVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in'the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, Without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 shows in top plan, a twine cutterembodying the present invention; Fig. 2 shows the twine cutter in sideelevation; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. at isa plan of the blank out of which the ring is formed.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a ring 1equipped at one side with an angle bracket 2 embodying a base 3 and anupstanding arm 4.

The invention includes a blade 5 of any desired width and sharpened atits upper edge 25, the blade standing at right angles to the base 3 ofthe angle bracket 2. The cutting edge is inclined at an angle to theplane defined by the perimeter of the ring at one end of the ring. Theblade 5 is equipped at its ends with projecting flanges 6 united bysecuring elements 7 removably, with the ring 1 and with the arm 4 of theangle bracket 2. To facilitate the cutting Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Serial No. 91,722.

of the twine by the sharpened edge of the blade 5, the blade 5 isdisposed at an angle to a diameter of the ring 1, which diameter isdisposed at right angles to the arm a. Since the blade 5 is removable, adull blade may be replaced readily by a sharp one.

Preferably, but not of necessity, the ring 1 and the angle bracket 2 arefashioned out of a metal blank 8 in the form of a strip, the blank 8being provided intermediate its ends with a lateral extension 9, theedges 10 of which converge toward each other and merge into a roundedend edge 11. The blank 8 is bent into annular form and its ends areconnected as shown at 12, by solder or otherwise, the extension 9 beingbent to form the bracket 2, including the base 3 and the upstanding arm4:.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a twinecutter, a finger ring having an outstanding angle bracket including abase and an upstanding arm; a cutting blade having terminal flanges; andsecuring elements uniting the flanges, detachably, with the arm and withthe ring.

2. In a twine cutter, a finger ring pro vided with an outstanding anglebracket including a base and an upstanding arm; a blade supported on thebase and provided with terminal flanges coacting with the ring and withthe arm, the blade being disposed at an acute angle to the diameter ofthe ring, said diameter of the ring being at right angles to the arm;and securing elements uniting the flanges, respectively, with the armand with the ring.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DUANE C. CLARK.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. ANDERSON, EMERY L. FULLERTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of latentg.

Washington, D. 0.

